Within a few days, the handwritten letters of Han Xin, the king of Han and Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao, were sent to the Weiyang Palace in Xianyang with an expedited amount of 800 miles.

After circulating the letters of King Han and King Zhao, Bai Mo was silent, but Chen Ping said: "I really didn't expect that these two traders still have the means to reach the sky, and they can really move King Han and King Zhao as rescuers, hum." ”

Liu Heng, the king of Han, through this year's training, coupled with the accumulation of the previous time when he was the prince, has gradually had the idea of dealing with government affairs, and said to Bai Mo and Chen Ping at the moment: "Father, Taishi, the two merchants are not enough to worry about, but now that they have attracted the attention of King Han and King Zhao, it is a major event between countries, and it cannot be ignored." ”

Bai Mo said: "The king, please rest assured, the ministers and the princess will take care of this matter." ”

Bai Mo expressed his attitude, and Liu Heng didn't say anything more, and then got up and left after telling the two of them a few words.

Bai Mo and Chen Ping walked out of the palace together, and Chen Ping said as he walked: "Prime Minister, since King Han and King Zhao have already participated, I'm afraid we can't drag it out anymore, do you want to talk to them anymore?" ”

"The talks are certain, and some concessions must be made." Bai Mo sighed and said, "However, Feng Ji and Guan Zhong should have also received urgent letters from King Han and King Zhao, and most of them will no longer ask for prices like before, but this result may not be as we wish, and it can only be a compromise situation." ”

"It's infuriating that we've been planning for months and then let these two guys get a big bargain." Chen Ping snorted. He added: "But then again, as long as you can repay the 800,000 stone borrowed grain, and then return 500,000 stone to the warehouse, it doesn't matter, but the treasury can still have a slight surplus, and it won't be in vain." ”

Bai Mo's bottom line is 10,000,000 yuan and 1.5 million stones, but the other party asks for 90,000 yuan and 1.5 million stones. Then if the two sides are compromised, the final result is likely to be 50,000 yuan and 1.5 million stones, with an average price of 333 yuan. Compared with the average price of 400 yuan per stone sold by Bai Mo, it can indeed only be regarded as a slight surplus.

On the other hand, the other party didn't do anything. Just pulled 300,000 stone grain around, and took away a whole million stone grain from Guanzhong, and it didn't cost a penny, oh no, not only did they not spend a big man, but they even got 50,000 yuan from Guanzhong for nothing, such a big bargain, it is simply a blatant robbery.

As Bai Mo expected, Feng Ji and Guan Zhong did receive an urgent letter from China, so this time. The negotiation process was unusually smooth, and the two sides did not even try to probe, but went directly to the middle, and the agreement was signed by the Han State to pay 50,000 yuan and buy 1.5 million stone of grain.

Bai Mo originally just wanted to sign a verbal agreement. However, at the insistence of Feng Ji and Guan Zhong, he finally signed a written agreement and drew a charge, and a turmoil that dragged on for nearly half a month finally resolved invisibly, but Bai Mo didn't know that he finally crawled out of this pit. But then he fell into another, deeper trap.

Looking at Bai Mo and Chen Ping's figures gradually moving away, Feng Ji and Guan Zhong smiled.

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The next day, Xianyang Taicang Ling ran to Bai Mo and cried, saying that the two major grain merchants refused to accept gold and only agreed to pay for grain with five baht, and Bai Mo had previously paid Xianyang Taicang for grain purchases in order to save trouble, but all of them were gold, and according to the current price of one tael of gold to three thousand yuan in Chu State, a total of 167,000 taels of gold were paid to Xianyang Taicang.

"What did you say?" Bai Mo was stunned and said, "The two major grain merchants actually refused to accept gold? ”

Taicang Ling nodded, and said with a bitter face: "They said that the king's edict prohibits the direct circulation of gold in Guanzhong, so they can't go against the king's edict, so they can't receive gold." "What is this called?" Chen Ping, who was discussing with Bai Mo in the Prime Minister's Mansion, said angrily, "The king's edict is only for the merchants in Guanzhong, they are Han Xin and Zhao Shang, why don't they accept gold?" ”

Bai Mo clearly smelled the smell of conspiracy, and was silent at the moment.

"But we can't accuse them of being wrong, can we? In any case, they are only obeying the king's edicts, and we should not be too careful. Taicang Ling shook his head with a wry smile, then turned his head to Bai Mo and said, "Prime Minister, why don't you return the gold to the treasury in full, and then withdraw 50,000 five baht from the treasury?" ”

"Aren't you?" Chen Ping didn't have a good breath and said, "Where did the treasury get so many five baht money?" ”

Taicang Ling was stunned when he heard this, and said puzzledly: "Didn't the prime minister get 100,000 yuan from selling grain before?" ”

Chen Ping pointed to the Taicang Order, and said with a wry smile: "It is true that the prime minister got 100,000 yuan from selling grain, but more than half of the money collected is gold, and the five baht money is less than 20,000 yuan, plus the original five baht money in the treasury, it is only 30,000 yuan, where can I get all the 50,000 yuan?" ”

Taicang Ling said with a slumped face: "Taishi, how is this good?" ”

Seeing that Bai Mo was silent, Chen Ping said: "In this way, the old man will go with you to Sanjiangkou." ”

Taicang Ling knelt down and stood up, and thanked him: "In this way, there will be a trip to Master Lao." ”

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Sima Jixing hurriedly walked into the study and said to Sima Zhong: "Second brother, something happened, something happened!" ”

Sima Zhong put down the scroll and said confusedly: "Third brother, what happened to Guanzhong that made you so excited?" ”

Sima Ji flicked his sleeves, knelt down opposite Sima Zhong, and laughed: "I just got the news that the two major grain merchants Feng and Guan actually refused to accept gold, or did they obey the edict of the King of Han, hahaha." ”

Sima Zhong frowned, his expression was a little displeased, and said, "What is there to be happy about?" ”

Sima Ji didn't think about it, and said, "Second brother, didn't you find something from it?" Let's tell you the truth, Bai Mo is in big trouble now, hey, as long as he thinks of Bai Mo's deflated appearance, the little brother can't help but be happy, haha. ”

"Bai Mo is in big trouble?" Sima Zhong said puzzledly, "The two major grain merchants refuse gold, what trouble does he have?" ”

Seeing that Sima Zhong still didn't know what to say, Sima Ji had no choice but to explain patiently: "Second brother, do you think that the two major grain merchants of Feng and Guan only agreed to trade with five baht money, but there are not so many five baht money in the treasury of the Han Dynasty, what should I do in the end?" Bai Mo or Chen Ping will definitely come forward to negotiate with the two major grain merchants, and agree to pay in gold at the price comparison. ”

Sima Zhong nodded and shook his head, and said, "This doesn't seem to be a problem?" ”

"No problem?" Sima Ji smiled, "Second brother, the problem in the middle is too big!" ”

Sima Zhong really didn't have much talent in business, so he hurriedly said: "Third brother, don't sell Guanzi." ”

Sima Ji smiled, and then said: "If Bai Mo or Chen Ping come forward, Feng and Guan will definitely give in in the end and agree to the Han Kingdom to buy grain with gold, but the exchange price between this gold and five baht is not necessarily the exchange of one or two gold for four thousand yuan that is common in all countries, second brother, what kind of price will Feng and Guan give Bai Mo?" ”

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"What did you say?!" Chen Ping couldn't believe his ears, staring at Feng Ji deadly, his cold voice almost bursting out from between his teeth, "One tael of gold for a thousand dollars?!" ”

If according to this exchange price, the 150,000 taels of gold obtained by Baimo from selling grain can only be exchanged for 150,000 yuan, plus the 20,000 yuan directly received, it is only 35,000 yuan, which is still a big cut away from 50,000 yuan.

Feng Ji was unmoved, and said lightly: "Master, this price comparison is already very fair. ..., Guan Zhong also echoed: "Yes, Taishi, recently the Chu State has implemented a predatory trade strategy against various countries, the outflow of gold is very large, and the exchange price with the five baht has fallen greatly, of course, the domestic price of the Chu State is quite stable, if the Taishi has a way to transport this batch of gold to the Chu State, it must be able to exchange it for a good price." ”

"Mr. Feng, what do you call that?" Chen Ping was furious when he heard this.

If Chen Ping really had a way to smuggle gold into the Chu State, would he still need to talk nonsense with Feng and Guan here?

Feng Ji spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "If the Taishi can't smuggle the gold into the Chu State, then we can't do anything about it, so we can only give this comparison price, and ask the Taishi to be considerate." ”

"You guys are robbing!" Chen Ping said angrily, "This Taishi will never agree. ”

It is a fact that the state of Chu has implemented a predatory trade strategy against the rest of the countries, and it is also a fact that the price of gold in various countries has been falling compared to five baht, but it has only fluctuated around three thousand six hundred yuan per two pieces of gold, and it has never fallen below three thousand and a half, but Feng Ji suddenly opened a price comparison of one or two gold to one thousand yuan, which is indeed too ruthless.

"Master, don't you say it so ugly? We don't have the intention of forcing you, let alone the ability, if the Taishi thinks that we are not close to the people, and we are really unwilling to accept this comparison price, we can completely ignore it, as long as you take five baht to trade, we will still abide by the price agreed before, heh. ”

Feng Ji said very well, but he sneered in his heart: Lao Tzu is a clear robbery, why should you help me? As long as you can't take out enough five baht, you deserve to be robbed by Lao Tzu, hum, Baimo, you are still tender!

"How can this be true, how can this be true!" Chen Ping got up and walked away.

Feng Ji and Guan Zhong got up with a smile and looked at Chen Ping's back: "Taishi walks slowly, don't send it." ”

It wasn't until Chen Ping's figure disappeared that Guan Zhong said worriedly: "Brother Feng, wouldn't it be too much for us to ask for such a ruthless price?" In case the monarchs and ministers of the Han Kingdom were annoyed and angry, it would be worth the loss. ”

"When you do business, you always have to ask for a price and bargain on the ground, right? One tael of gold for a thousand yuan is just our asking price, not the final price, Bai Mo and Chen Ping are not satisfied, they can continue to talk, but they have to spit out all the profits from selling grain and eating them. Feng Ji said lightly. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )